bug in unichr() documentation

[mkz]

BPO	1120777
Nosy	@malemburg, @freddrake
Files	unichr-doc.diff: Doc update

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[mkz]

http://www.python.org/doc/2.4/lib/built-in-funcs.html:

Return the Unicode string of one character whose
Unicode
code is the integer i.
[...]
The argument must be in the range [0..65535], inclusive.

unichr.__doc_ says:

Return a Unicode string of one character with ordinal
i; 0 <= i <= 0x10ffff.

Which is correct?

[malemburg]

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Whether unichr() handles the UCS2 or the UCS4 range depends
on the configuration option you set at Python compile time.
Perhaps we should extend the documentation to mention this
difference ?!

Doc patches are welcome :-)

[mkz]

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Main problem for me was that the 65535 hints that unichr()
may want UTF-16 values not Unicode. That was rather
confusing.

Ok, attached path clarifies unichr() range.

[jafo]

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Fred: The attached patch looks good to me.

[freddrake]

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Fixed in Doc/lib/libfuncs.tex revisions 1.182, 1.175.2.3